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Invesco switches quant team to value, ratings on hold

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
Invesco's Wholesale Australian Share Fund has had its four-star rating placed on hold by Standard and Poor's after announcing Concord Capital would take over the fund's management. Concord, a boutique firm specializing in Australian equities, is an ...

Three stars for Glennon small cap fund

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
The Glennon Capital Small Companies Portfolio fund was given a new rating of three stars by Standard and Poor's yesterday because of experienced management. The boutique firm says on its website that its Australian small cap equities model portfolio ...

Fund, Insurers unafraid of Japan quake cost

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
A superannuation fund which invested $300 million in the catastrophe bond sector last year has said it does not expect any direct losses from the Japan earthquake tragedy. Paul Gregory, head of communications for New Zealand Superannuation Fund, said ...

Ratings houses silent on Japan fund fallout

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
Research houses Morningstar, Lonsec and Standard and Poor's say it is too early to tell what the fallout from the Japan earthquake disaster will be on the superannuation industry. Financial markets have been roiled, affecting super fund investments. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... broad sell-off in the stock market. On Wall Street overnight, nine out of the 10 company groups that make up the Standard and Poor's 500 index fell on Monday. Utilities companies lost 1.4 per cent, the most of any group, as the Japanese disaster dimmed ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... better than expected December sales figures sent retail companies higher. Consumer discretionary companies in the Standard and Poor's 500-stock index gained 1 percent after national chains reported that sales were nearly double what analysts had forecast ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... contracts traded. On Wall Street overnight, the Dow Jones industrial average closed up 0.58 per cent, while the Standard and Poor's 500 advanced 0.77 per cent. Austock Securities strategist Michael Heffernan said Australian stocks remained well supported ...

Contagion has already happened

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... or die." Ok, ok... might be a bit extreme, but you get the picture. Wall Street rose while we slept despite Standard and Poor's issuing another credit ratings downgrade. Spain was in the firing line last night -- its ratings slashed to AA from AA+. Again ...

Aberdeen closes Aussie bond fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... have one Australian fixed-interest capability left: the Aberdeen Australian Fixed Income Fund. As a result, Standard and Poor's Fund Services has withdrawn its rating of the Aberdeen Australian Bond Fund at the manager's request. S&P placed this fund ...

Ralton wins three stars

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
Standard and Poor's assigns three-star ratings to three separately managed account model portfolios (SMAs) from Ralton Asset Management. The three SMAs are the Ralton Leaders model portfolio, the Ralton High Yield Australian Shares model portfolio ...